[OpenAFS] rsync on afs-client

[Neulinger, Nathan]

Or just use vos dump. It's pretty easy to build any sort of backup
system around vos dumps with incremental and full dumps.=20

-- Nathan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Bacchi [mailto:mbacchi@gmavt.net]=20
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:57 AM
> To: openafs-info@openafs.org
> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] rsync on afs-client=20
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>  > Rsync only transfers the incremental changes, does the=20
> afs-client also
>  > only load these changes over the network?
>  > or is every file that is checked by rsync transferred=20
> totally over the
>  > network to the afs cache?
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> The client cache will request complete files from the=20
> fileserver.  rsync=20
> will then have to examine the file itself and determine what an=20
> 'incremental change' is.
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>  > We are still not sure how to do backup, our next idea is to take an
>  > afs
>  > client and to rsync the whole afs directory tree.
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> This is not an acceptable method.  AFS backup preserves ACLs,=20
> rsync does=20
> not.  Your solution will require one full backup for each day of the=20
> week.  How else do you propose to do a restore if some files have=20
> changed but others have not?  Learn how to use the AFS backup=20
> system, it=20
> is simple enough to get a basic backup schedule in place.  If=20
> you have=20
> more specific questions ask them here, or read the AFS=20
> Adminitrators Guide.
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> -Matt
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